These are some of our favorite easy and rewarding plants for the beginner native plant gardener. Source: North Coast CNPS Nursery Committee
Common Name Scientific Name | Sun | Height | Type | Humboldt Native |
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
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Low
1 - 3 ft
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P
|
✓ | |
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Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
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Low
2 - 3 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
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Low
~ 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
|
Moderate
4 - 6 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Yerba Buena
Clinopodium douglasii
|
Low
< 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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California Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
|
Low
1 - 3 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Seaside Daisy
Erigeron glaucus
|
Low
< 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Coast Buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
|
Low
~ 2 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Scarlet Monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis
|
Low
2 - 3 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
|
Low
< 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Douglas Iris
Iris douglasiana
|
Low
1 - 3 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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California Bee Plant
Scrophularia californica
|
Moderate
2 - 4 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Checker Bloom
Sidalcea malviflora
|
Low
< 2 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
|
Low
1 - 2 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Yellow Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Apricot Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa
|
Low
2 - 3 ft
|
P
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California Aster
Symphyotrichum chilense
|
Low
1 - 3 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Piggyback Plant
Tolmiea diplomenziesii
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
P
|
✓ | |
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Oregon Grape
Berberis aquifolium
|
Tall
4 - 7 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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California Lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
|
Tall
2 - 30 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
|
Moderate
4 - 5 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Red Bush Monkey Flower
Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus
|
Low
1 - 2 ft
|
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Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
|
Tall
6 - 30 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Cream Bush
Holodiscus discolor
|
Tall
3 - 16 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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California Wax Myrtle
Morella californica
|
Tall
6 - 33 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Western Azalea
Rhododendron occidentale
|
Tall
6 - 16 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Red Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
|
Tall
7 - 13 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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California Wildrose
Rosa californica
|
Tall
8 - 10 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
|
Tall
6 - 10 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Western Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
|
Tall
4 - 8 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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White Sage
Salvia apiana
|
Moderate
3 - 5 ft
|
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Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
|
Tall
7 - 20 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Bluff Lettuce
Dudleya farinosa
|
Low
< 1 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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Broad-leaved Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
|
Low
< 1 ft
|
|
✓ | |
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
|
Low
< 2 ft
|
A
|
✓ | |
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California Goldfields
Lasthenia californica
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
A
|
✓ | |
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Common Tidy Tips
Layia platyglossa
|
Low
1 - 2 ft
|
A
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Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
A
|
✓ | |
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Coast Phacelia
Phacelia californica
|
Low
1 - 2 ft
|
A
|
✓ | |
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Cream Cups
Platystemon californicus
|
Low
~ 1 ft
|
A
|
✓ | |
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Siskiyou Blue Fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue'
|
Low
1 - 2 ft
|
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Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
|
Moderate
2 - 6 ft
|
|
✓ |